ZIP 50842 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 50842's composite property-distress score is 7/100 - DLRadar classes that as minimal for Union County, Iowa. The split runs 15/100 structural to 1/100 active on the ground. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (15/100), mortgage stress (3/100), institutional ownership (3/100). mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $57,917, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. A median home runs $104,700 here, or 1.9 times local income. 9.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 50 housing units. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 18/100. The vacancy rate is 7.5%. About 85 people live here, median age 52.

On balance 50842 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. 50842 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 50842 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 7/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 50842 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Union County, Iowa. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 50842 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

50842's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 50842 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.